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Mbappé hits 100 Champions League games as Real Madrid beat Roma 4-3

Kylian Mbappé became the youngest player to make 100 Champions League appearances, scoring in Real Madrid's 4-3 comeback win at Roma on Wednesday.

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Image: Al Jazeera
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Mixed · 2Kylian Mbappé became the youngest player to make 100 Champions League appearances, reaching the mark at age 27 in Real Madrid's match at Roma on Wednesday, and he scored. Left · 1Real Madrid won 4-3 at the Stadio Olimpico after trailing 3-1, scoring three late goals in about seven minutes, all from corners. Left · 1Marten de Roon put Roma ahead in the 20th minute with a shot from 25 yards, and Mbappé levelled within five minutes after Mario Hermoso misjudged an interception.

Left · 1Mbappé's goal was his 72nd in the competition, which Al Jazeera says moved him into the all-time top five, ahead of Raúl González. Left · 1Donyell Malen scored twice in six minutes early in the second half to make it 3-1, the second after a VAR review overturned an initial offside flag. Left · 1Carlos Espi, Endrick and Antonio Rüdiger, a former Roma defender, then scored for Real, Rüdiger's goal coming in the 90th minute.

Left · 1The result eased pressure on Real manager José Mourinho, who was returning to his former club, and left Real on six points from two league-phase games against Roma's one.

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Al Jazeera runs a full match report of the comeback, with Mbappé's milestone as one detail, plus roundups of other Champions League games.
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The late comeback, Mourinho's return to Roma, and the set-piece goals.
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Does not frame the milestone as breaking Messi's record, as Arab News's headline does.
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“astonishing comeback”“Roma ran rampant”
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“Jose Mourinho enjoyed a Roma reunion to remember as Real Madrid completed an astonishing comeback” — Al Jazeera

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Arab News leads with Mbappé's personal record, saying he beat Messi's mark as the youngest to 100 appearances, and that he scored.
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The individual milestone and comparison with Messi.
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The match result and the comeback are not covered in the available lede.
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“Mbappé beats Messi’s record as youngest with 100 Champions League appearances and scores” — Arab News

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